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Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious!
Period 4(Section B 2a-2e)
教学目标 1. 能了解圣诞节的有关情况及真正的圣诞精神2. 能从字里行间推断出作者要表达的真正含义3. 树立乐于助人、学会分享的无私精神
重点词汇 Christmas, lie(lay, lain), novel, dead, business, punish, warn, end up, present, warmth, spread
重点句型 ①But behind all these things lies the true meaning of Christmas.②He just cares about whether he can make more money.
难点 ①A Christmas Carol is a famous short novel written by Charles Dickens.②He now treats everyone with kindness and warmth, spreading love and joy everywhere he goes.
1. lie存在;平躺;处于
【点拨】lie作动词时,意为“存在;平躺;处于”,其过去式是lay, 过去分词是lain, 现在分词是lying。 如:
①But behind all these things lies the true meaning of Christmas.
但是,圣诞节的真正意义就存在于这些食物背后。
②You should lie down and have a rest.
你应该躺下休息一下。
③The school lies deep in the mountains.
这所学校位于大山深处。
【延伸】lie作动词时,还可意为“说谎”,过去式和过去分词是lied, 现在分词是lying。 也可以作名词,意为“谎言”。如:
①How can you lie to me
你怎么能对我撒谎呢?
②I cannot tell a lie. 我不能说谎。
2. mean吝啬的;刻薄的
【点拨】mean作形容词时,意为“吝啬的;刻薄的”。如:Don't be so mean to your little brother.别对你弟弟那么刻薄。
【延伸】(1)mean作动词时,意为“意味着;意思是”。如:
What does this word mean
=What do you mean by this word 这个词什么意思?
(2)meaning是名词,意为“意思;意义”。如:
What's the meaning of this word 这个词是什么意思?
3. dead死的;失去生命的
【点拨】dead是形容词,意为“死的;失去生命的”。die是动词,意为“死”;death是名词,意为“死亡”;dying是形容词,意为“垂死的”。同时die是瞬间性动词,不能与时间段连用,应转换成be dead才能与时间段连用。如:
①Two soldiers died in the war last year.
去年在战争中死了两名战士。
②It was a matter of life and death to them.
对他们来说这是生死攸关的事。
③The poor woman is dying. A doctor must be sent for.
这个可怜的妇人快死了,快去请医生。
④My grandma has been dead for over forty years.
我奶奶已经去世四十多年了。
4. remind sb. of sth.
使某人想起某事;提醒某人某事
【点拨】该短语中remind是动词,意为“使想起;提醒”,另有常见搭配:remind sb. to do sth.,意为“提醒某人做某事”。如:
Please remind me to post this letter on my way to work.
请提醒我上班的路上寄这封信。
1. A Christmas Carol is a famous short novel written by Charles Dickens.
《圣诞颂歌》是查尔斯?狄更斯的著名短篇小说。
【点拨】(1)famous是形容词,意为“著名的;出名的”,既可以作表语,也可以作定语。其同义词是well-known,反义词是unknown。常用搭配:be famous for...,意为“因……而著名/出名”;be famous as...,意为“作为……而出名”。
如:
①China is famous for the Great Wall.
中国因长城而闻名。
②Liu Huan is famous as a singer.
刘欢作为一名歌手而出名。
(2)written是write的过去分词,此处written 是过去分词作后置定语,修饰名词novel。如:
I like the novels written by Mo Yan.
我喜欢莫言写的小说。
2. He just cares about whether he can make more money and he hates Christmas.
他只关心能否挣到更多的钱,而且他厌恶圣诞节。
【点拨】care about意为“担心;关心;在乎;对……感兴趣”。如:
①Don't you care about losing your job
你难道不担心失去工作吗?
②I really care about the students in my class.
我真的很关心我班的学生。
③I don't care about your opinion.
我对你的观点不感兴趣。
【延伸】care about还意为“(强调出于责任感而)关心;在乎”。如:
My parents care about my health.
我父母关心我的健康。
3. He warns Scrooge to change his ways if he doesn't want to end up like him.
他告诫斯克鲁奇如果不想像他一样结束的话就要改变自己的方式。
【点拨】(1)warn意为“警告;告诫;提醒”,常用结构如下:
1)warn sb. of/about sth. 告诫某人某事。如:
I warned my grandparents about the stairs.
我提醒我的祖父母注意楼梯。
2)warn sb.(not) to do sth. 告诫某人(别)做某事。如:She warned me not to smoke in the room.
她警告我不要在房间里抽烟。
3)warn sb. against doing sth. 告诫某人别做某事。如:His mother warned him against staying out late at night.
他的母亲告诫他晚上不要在外面逗留到很晚。
4)warn sb. against sb./sth. 告诫某人提防某人/某物。如:He warned the little girl against strangers.他告诫那个小女孩要提防陌生人。
5)warn sb.+(that)从句,意为“告诫某人……”。如:
He warned us(that) there was a snake in front of the house.
他警告我们房子前面有一条蛇。
(2)end up意为“结束;告终”,end up with或end up doing意为“以……而结束”。如:
①How does the story end up
这个故事是怎么结尾的?
②If you do that, you'll end up with egg on your face.
如果你那么做,必将以耻辱告终。
③All our best intentions end up doing nothing.
我们最好的意图往往都会落空。
【延伸】与end有关的短语:at the end of在……的末尾; in the end最后,终于(=at last/finally); end up with sth. 以……而告终; put an end to sth. 终止做某事。